"For some reason, I just felt like tapping him on the shoulder," Lopez said. They chatted for a bit and, realizing they were both living in the city of stars, decided they should hang out. Turns out — he already had her number for some platonic reason. A text later, they were having dinner.

"I don't remember what we had for dinner, but we had a nice dinner," she said, noting it was "just a dinner and a goodbye."

Ellen invited Lopez's 9-year-old twins, Max and Emme, to greet the audience and hang out during the interview. While his sister Emme took a seat on her mom's lap, Max wasn't so keen on the spotlight and found his hiding spot in Ellen's side table.